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Image of specimen #1 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8466 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | VI |
Number | 8466 (temporary) |
Province | Syria Phoenice |
Region | Phoenicia |
City | Sidon |
Reign | Elagabalus |
Person (obv.) | Severus Alexander (Caesar) |
Obverse inscription | M AVR ALEXANDRVS CAES |
Edition | M(arcus) Aur(elius) Alexand{rus}<er> Caes(ar) |
Translation | Marcus Aurelius Alexander Caesar |
Obverse design | bare-headed and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front |
Reverse inscription | COL AVR PIA [ ] [SID EM CO...] |
Edition | col(onia) Aur(elia) Pia [---] Sid(on) EM CO[---] |
Translation | the colony Aurelia Pia [---] Sidon, EM(?) CO[---] |
Reverse design | Demeter(?) standing, right, holding long torch entwined by serpent and ears of corn, and female figure (Kore?) standing, left, holding short sceptre and raising hand |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 28 mm |
Average weight | 11.74 g |
Axis | 12 |
Specimens | 1 (1 in the core collections) |
Note | See also https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/94237 (same reverse, Julia Soaemias) |